Sean Akizuki's Fantasy Critic

Conan the Barbarian (1982) carried the Riddle of Steel - something that's not really directly answered. Instead, it's a riddle that the audience is left to themselves to find out. It's already more than 30 years since the film was done. Watching this film as a child scared me out since this wasn't obviously for children. Now, it's time to try and answer the riddle by actually looking at the movie's events. The opening has Conan's father talking about the Riddle of Steel. Conan is told that he can't trust anyone but the sword. Conan's father points to the sword. The idea of steel's strength was the theme of the opening of the movie. This is what leads Thulsa Doom and the worshipers of Set to ransack Conan's village. Thulsa Doom collected all the steel weapons to expand his forces. Thulsa Doom also, for some reason, sells the children to slavery. Conan is forced to push a wheel with the others. Conan's tenacity to survives allows him to bec...

The 30th anniversary of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers is on August 28. However, I felt like writing this one since Power Rangers released a reunion movie called Once and Always . Robo Rita was created as a result of Rita's evil personality getting manifested in a robot body. Meanwhile, Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger seems to joke that Rita Kanisuka is actually the daughter of Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa - something that might make more sense than Thrax or that Emperor Zetto in Ressha Sentai ToQGer must be her big brother. I did write a post where I addressed Super Sentai's use of self-contained continuities vs. trying to use a timeline . Any Power Rangers fan who still argues that Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger would fit all Super Sentai series should just STOP.  Power Rangers has been operating mostly on a singular timeline. I guess I can give credit to Power Rangers Dino Charge  for how the show takes place in another dimension. I could always praise Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger and Dino ...